Man being chased by Little Rock police runs into daycareLITTLE ROCK (AP) — Police in Little Rock say a man who crashed a stolen vehicle while being pursued by officers ran into a daycare center and was later arrested. No injuries are reported. Lt. Sidney Allen says the incident began shortly after 11 a.m. Friday when officers began pursuing a stolen car that the driver crashed before running into Full Potential Daycare in south Little Rock. Allen says the man ran into an unoccupied portion of the d...

Bond hearings (April 17, 2015)The following individuals appeared during felony bond hearings Friday at the Pope County Detention Center. Their names, ages, anticipated charges and bond amounts are listed. If charged, they will appear May 18 in Pope County Circuit Court. — Amber Rogers, 25, delivery of methamphetamine or cocaine — $40,000. Rogers sold 16.6 grams of methamphetamine for $750 to a confidential informant with the Fifth Judicial Task Force on Jan. 15, according ...

Police: Jonesboro officer fatally shoots man with macheteJONESBORO (AP) — Jonesboro police say an officer shot and killed a man who authorities say attacked the officer with a machete. Patrolman First Class Heath Loggains shot Grant Finley, 31, late Tuesday after officer's were dispatched to Finley's home. Police said Finley fled into his home, then later came out, but retreated back into the home and officers tried follow when Loggains tried to push open the front door. Police say Finley then struc...

Ex-letter carrier pleads guilty to mail theftLITTLE ROCK (AP) — A former U.S. Postal Service employee has pleaded guilty to mail theft in Arkansas. Sheila Watts, 35, admitted on Tuesday to opening cards and letters from the Bee Branch post office, and taking gift cards and cash. Watts will be sentenced at a later date, but will receive credit for her guilty plea. Her case could be submitted to a federal grand jury for possible indictment. After the postal service received complaints abou...

Cause of Little Rock executive's death undeterminedMORRILTON (AP) — The Conway County Sheriff's Office says the cause of death is undetermined for a Little Rock business executive whose remains were found on Petit Jean Mountain last month. Sheriff Mike Smith told reporters Friday that the state medical examiner's report also listed the manner of death of John Glasgow as undetermined. He said the case remains open. Glasgow — the chief financial officer of CDI Contractors LLC — was last seen ali...

Student arrested after gun found at Little Rock schoolLITTLE ROCK (AP) — Police in Little Rock say a 14-year-old student has been arrested after he was found to be carrying an unloaded gun on the campus of Horace Mann Middle School. A police report says another student reported the weapon Friday morning and that a security officer assigned to the school took the boy out of class. The teenager was then searched and the handgun was found in his pants pocket. No injuries are reported. The report say...

North Little Rock coach fired by school boardNORTH LITTLE ROCK (AP) — District officials have unanimously voted to fire North Little Rock High School's football coach Brad Bolding, who is accused of recruitment and purchasing violations. School board members voted Friday to uphold their decision to terminate the coach made during a previous appeal meeting. Bolding requested the appeal after receiving a second termination notice. Superintendent Kelly Rodgers said the second notice was sen...

Missing man's death ruled homicide, suspect arrestedFORT SMITH (AP) — Police in Fort Smith say the death of a man who disappeared from his home in February and the man's caretaker has been arrested for second-degree murder in the case. Police said Wednesday that the state medical examiner has determined that the death of 57-year-old Jimmy Don Abner is a homicide. Police later arrested Abner's caretaker, who is being held without bond in the Sebastian County jail. Abner was reported missing Feb....

Police officer, suspect hit by police car in chaseLITTLE ROCK (AP) — A North Little Rock police officer and a suspect were injured during a foot chase Wednesday when they were struck by a North Little Rock police cruiser. Police said in a statement released Wednesday that the officer was trying to contact a suspect at a house on the 700 block of West 24th Street about 4 p.m. A few minutes later, the officer notified police dispatch that he was chasing the suspect on foot. A second officer dri...

Suspect wanted in theft of dynamite arrested in ArkansasHOT SPRINGS (AP) — Garland County authorities say a Hot Springs man wanted for questioning about stolen dynamite and other explosives has been arrested. The county sheriff's office said Wednesday that 38-year-old Jeremy Allen Bassford was arrested Tuesday afternoon for parole violation and 84 counts of stolen explosives. He is being held without bond. Details of the arrest were not released. Investigators had said they wanted to question Bassf...

Tsarnaev convicted in Boston Marathon bombingBOSTON (AP) — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted on all charges Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing by a federal jury that now must decide whether the 21-year-old former college student should be executed. Tsarnaev folded his arms, fidgeted and looked down at the defense table as he listened to one guilty verdict after another on all 30 counts against him, including conspiracy and use of a weapon of mass destruction. Seventeen of those count...

Man in custody after shootingCLARKSVILLE — A man was arrested by Johnson County Sheriff’s authorities after a shooting Tuesday at a Clarksville residence. A caller told 911 emergency communications that a man had been shot at CR 3259 in Clarksville, according to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) press release. After Cpl. Todd Russell and Deputy Kenny Smith secured the scene, paramedics from Johnson Regional Medical Center transported the victim, Danny Mitchell, to ...

Senate endorses proposal to restart executionsLITTLE ROCK (AP) — A bill to restart executions in Arkansas after nearly a decade without them has cleared the Senate and is headed to Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Senators voted 25-4 Wednesday evening to allow the Department of Corrections to use a combination of three drugs for lethal injections in addition to the existing method of a single barbiturate. The agency would also be barred from releasing who makes or supplies the drugs. Proponents say t...

Arrests pending in mobile home firePOTTSVILLE — Police Chief Blake Herren confirmed Wednesday that the arrests of two juvenile males, both age 11, are pending after firefighters responded to a single-wide mobile home fire Monday on Mount Zion Road. Fire Chief Brad Judkins said Pottsville firefighters were dispatched to the vacant mobile home at 6 p.m. Monday, along with Atkins and Russellville firefighters through mutual aid agreements. The fire had fully involved the structure...

Local duo arrested after country club burglariesA man and woman from Russellville have been arrested after reported burglaries in the Chamberlyne Country Club area this week. Capt. John Foster Jr. of the Yell County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) reported Brian Stephen Neese, 29, and Haley Rae Rudd, 28, are in custody at the Pope County Detention Center (PCDC) after Neese was arrested at a Russellville residence. A PCDC jail roster indicated Neese faces charges of residential burglary, two counts ...

Blytheville police search for suspect in murder plotBLYTHEVILLE (AP) — Blytheville police are searching for a man who is suspected of being involved in a murder plot. The Blytheville Courier News reported a man is wanted for conspiracy to commit murder. According to police, the man is suspected of being the intended hitman in a plot created by a Mississippi County inmate Tylon Calvin King, 28, to kill his ex-girlfriend, Tiffany Harris. Police say that calls made between King and the suspect ind...

Police investigating after toddler burned by bottled liquidBENTON (AP) — Benton police say they're investigating after a child was burned by an unidentified, bottled liquid while playing at a park. One of the 17-month-old child's parents told officers Wednesday night that the toddler had picked up a bottle containing a red liquid at Tyndall Park. Police say some of the substance spilled onto the child's arm. The child was taken to a hospital for treatment after the toddler's arm blistered about an hou...

Fort Smith man gets at least 17 years in meth caseFORT SMITH (AP) — A U.S. attorney's office says a Fort Smith man has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison following a drug conviction. William Joseph Alexander, 33, also must serve five years of supervised release once he completes his prison sentence. He pleaded guilty in November to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Court records show Alexander was arrested in July with his wife, Rosa Sharon, as they returned ...

Lawsuit against ousted circuit judge is dismissedCONWAY (AP) — A lawsuit over a former Central Arkansas circuit judge's handling of a negligence case has been dismissed by Special Judge David Laser, who called his own decision to do so distasteful. The lawsuit against Michael Maggio was dismissed Friday after Laser ruled Maggio is protected by judicial immunity. Laser said his ruling is "personally distasteful," but said Maggio was performing a judicial function. Maggio was sued by the famil...